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Athletics 2023 Discussion Thread


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Another indoor meet tomorrow - Madrid.

 

Nuguse, Ealey and Tentoglou among stars as Madrid unveils mouth-watering line-ups | PREVIEWS | World Athletics

 

And then the first big outdoor meet of the year from Melbourne, with a decent international cast.

 

Kerley leads cast keen to kick off Continental Tour Gold in style in Melbourne | PREVIEWS | World Athletics

 

 

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ETHIOPIA - Life in prison for Ethiopian runner Besu Sado
Ethiopian runner Besu Sado was sentenced to life in prison after being found guilty of killing her husband. Former athlete Teshale Tamru was stabbed to death in their house by two men hired by Besu Sado and her two brothers in August 2022. The five people were charged but one of her brothers and the two suspects are still on the loose.
Asked about the reason for the murder, Beso Sadu said her husband did witchcraft on her family, her mother and her brothers to prevent them from succeeding.
Besu Sado clinched a silver medal in the 1500m at the 2015 All African Games and finished 9th at the Olympic Games in Rio the following year (PB 3:59.47 at the Zürich Diamond League in September 2016). She later switched to road races, clocking 2:21:03 in her first marathon attempt in October 2019 in Amsterdam (4th). In April 2022, she finished 3rd of the Paris marathon in 2:23:16.
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44 minutes ago, dullard said:

Aussie Cameron Myers just broke Jakob Ingebrigtsen's 16 year old world best in the mile at the Maurie Plant Meet in Melbourne: 3:55.44

This meet is on TV, btw.

 

How to follow and watch the World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meeting in Melbourne | NEWS | World Athletics

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2 minutes ago, Grassmarket said:

I'm watching the Aussie stream which has different commentators.

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1 hour ago, Grassmarket said:

not here...

 

those idiots from Sky Italia has the tv rights but doesn't broadcast this meet...and the stream is geoblocked, of course (not a real problem, but still just another "censorship act" by skysport here in Italy -it will be the same with Baseball's WBC...exclusive rights, but they will show only the games of the Italian team and the final 4...it's always the same with international football...there's no competition they show in full according to their tv rights...and they just can't use the online service to make up for the lack of linear tv channels).

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13 minutes ago, Gianlu33 said:

The Italian government has granted Italian citizenship to Andy Hernandez Diaz:yikes:

yesss!!!

it was time!

even if I think he won't be able to participate to the world champs this year because of the 3 year break since the last time he played with Cuba has not been completed yet :mumble:

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World Indoor Tour finale from Birmingham* tomorrow afternoon.  For :GBR viewers, TV coverage switches to BBC streaming.

 

https://worldathletics.org/news/preview/birmingham-final-tsegay-hodgkinson-holloway

 

*The cold, wet one.

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